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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Most Important Job in the World</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dr. Tony Campolo is a well-known and highly-respected,
inspirational speaker. Over the last several years, Tony Campolo has spent
much of his time traveling around the world on speaking tours.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Meanwhile, his wife, Peggy, has chosen to stay home and
give herself and all that she has to the "Bringing Up" of their two children,
Bart and Lisa. On those rare occasions when Peggy does travel with Tony,
she finds herself engaged in conversations with some of the most accomplished,
impressive, influential, sophisticated people in the world. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">After one such trip, Peggy told Tony that sometimes as
she visits with these powerful people… she finds herself feeling intimidated and
sometimes even questioning her own self-worth. Tony said to
her: "Well, honey, why don't you come up with something you could say when
you meet people that will let them know that you strongly value what you do and
you feel that it is dramatically, urgent and crucial and important.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Well, not long after that, Tony and Peggy Campolo were
at a party… when a woman said to Peggy in a rather condescending tone, "Well, my
dear, what do you do?" Tony Campolo heard his wife say:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"I am nurturing two Homo Sapiens into the dominant
values of the Judaeo-Christian tradition in order that they might become
instruments for the transformation of the social order into the kind of
eschatological utopia God envisioned from the beginning of time." </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">And the other woman said:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"O, my, I'm just a lawyer."</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I like that story because it reminds us that there are a
lot of important jobs in the world today but not one of them is more important
than the job of being a mother. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tony Campolo adapted by James Moore, Collected Sermons,
</SPAN><A href="http://www.sermons.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT
color=#ff6600>www.Sermons.com</FONT></SPAN></A></DIV>
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color=#ff6600></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">___________________________________</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What’s a Good Mother Like?</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Judith Viorst once wrote an essay based on interviews
she had with children. The subject was “What’s a good mother like?”</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Viorst reports that the children expected their mother
to get angry from time to time. “She has to,” said Ted, “or she’ll faint from
holding it in.” </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“But it’s best to remember,” said Randy, “that when your
mother starts to act real weird, you have to look scared and serious. Don’t
giggle. When mommies are mad, they get madder if you giggle.”</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“My mommy got so mad,” said Megan, “that she yanked the
plate off the table and all the mashed potatoes flew into the air.” “And why,”
Viorst asked, pretending she’d never heard of such shocking behavior, “why would
a mother do a thing like that?” </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Well,” said Megan, “she told my older brother, Mike,
he’s 11 years old, to eat the potatoes on his plate and he said ‘Later.’ And
then she told him again to eat the potatoes and Mike said ‘Soon.’ And then she
told him he had better eat those potatoes right now and he said, ‘In a minute.’
And then she stood up and Mike finally took a bite and told her, ‘How can I eat
them? They’re cold!’” </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">It’s not easy being a Mom. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">King Duncan, </SPAN><A
href="http://www.sermons.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT
color=#ff6600>www.Sermons.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">,
adapting Judith Viorst, All in the Family</SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">________________________</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Job Description: Mother</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I found this job description circulating on the Internet
this past week. Anyone interested? [You may want/need to shorten this.]
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">WANTED: Mom</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term team players needed for
challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must
possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work
variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour
shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive
camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in faraway
cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also
required.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">RESPONSIBILITIES: Must provide on-the-site training in
basic life skills, such as nose blowing. Must have strong skills in negotiating,
conflict resolution and crisis management. Ability to suture flesh wounds a
plus. Must be able to think out of the box but not lose track of the box,
because you most likely will need it for a school project. Must reconcile petty
cash disbursements and be proficient in managing budgets and resources fairly,
unless you want to hear, "He got more than me!" for the rest of your life. Also,
must be able to drive motor vehicles safely under loud and adverse conditions
while simultaneously practicing above-mentioned skills in conflict resolution.
Must be able to choose your battles and stick to your guns. Must be able to
withstand criticism, such as "You don't know anything." Must be willing to be
hated at least temporarily, until someone needs $ 5 to go skating. Must be
willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a
pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case,
this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must
be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget
repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone
calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework
projects. Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients
of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute,
an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a
half million cheap, plastic toys and battery operated devices. Also, must have a
highly energetic entrepreneurial spirit, because fund-raiser will be your middle
name. Must have a diverse knowledge base, so as to answer questions such as
"What makes the wind move?" on the fly. Must always hope for the best but be
prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the
quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and
janitorial work throughout the facility.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ADVANCEMENT/PROMOTION POSSIBILITIES: Virtually none.
Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining,
constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can
ultimately surpass you.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: None required, unfortunately.
On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">WAGES AND COMPENSATION: You pay them, offering frequent
raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the
assumption that college will help them become financially independent. When you
die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary
scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do
more.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">BENEFITS: While no health or dental insurance, no
pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are
offered, job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs
for life if you play your cards right.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Every mother here this morning knows that mothering
brings more joy and love and fulfillment than seem possible.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Adapted by Leonard Sweet </SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">_________________________________</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Unconventional Mother’s Day Gifts</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This Mother’s Day take a moment to think of all the
mothers in the world who are in need. There are millions of women in the
world living on less than a dollar a day. There are women in this country
who are wondering how they are going to feed or diaper their children from day
to day. There are children who need medical attention that their parents
may not be able to afford. Anyone who has ever had to worry about such
things can deeply sympathize. For those of us who have escaped such
worries, we can only imagine the level of instinctive stress that uncertainty
can provoke.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">There are many ways to celebrate Mother’s Day, but here
are a few unconventional suggestions that will prove to your own mother that she
did a good job raising you. How about dropping off a box of diapers and/or
a case of formula to a local food bank or women’s shelter? If you have some
baby furniture or clothing that your own children have outgrown, how about
donating that stuff to a local charity? Does our local hospital have a fund
for children who need care? Are there doctors in our community or city who
volunteer in clinics overseas who might need supplies? There are countless
ways to help support Moms locally and globally. Let your own Mom know that
you were thinking about her and all of the many things she provided for you
along the way…and that you did a good deed in honor of her. It will make
her proud.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A
href="http://www.esermons.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT
color=#ff6600>www.esermons.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">________________________________</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Worse-Case Scenarios</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">If moms are to be faulted, it is because they love their
children so much that they get irrational about it. For instance, in the
comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin approaches his mother</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Calvin: "Can Hobbes and I go play in the rain, Mom?
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mom: "No." </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Calvin: "Why not?" </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mom: "You'll get soaked." </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Calvin: "What's wrong with that?"
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Mom: "You could catch pneumonia, run up a terrible
hospital bill, linger a few months, and die." </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Calvin, looking out the window at the rain: "I always
forget. If you ask a mom, you get a worse-case scenario."
</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hobbes: "I had no idea these little showers were so
dangerous." </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Bill Watterson, The Essential Calvin & Hobbes, p.
130.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">__________________</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Truest Friend</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials,
heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity;
when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine, desert us when troubles
thicken around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts
and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to
our hearts. <BR><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Washington Irving (1783-1859)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">__________________________</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Why God Made Moms…</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">"Why God made moms" answers given by 2nd grade school
children to the following questions. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Why did God make mothers? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape
is. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2. Mostly to clean the house. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">3. To help us out of there when we were getting
born. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">How did God make mothers? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of
us. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of
stirring. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me.
He just used bigger parts. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What ingredients are mothers made of? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and
everything nice in the world and one dab of mean. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2. They had to get their start from men's bones.
Then they mostly use string, I think. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Why did God give you your mother and not some other
mom? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1. We're related. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other
people's moms like me. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">What kind of little girl was your
mom? </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other
stuff. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess
would be pretty bossy. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">3. They say she used to be nice.
</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The rest of this list and many additional illustrations
and sermons for Mother’s Day can be accessed at </SPAN><A
title=http://www.sermons.com/ href="http://www.sermons.com/"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT
color=#ff6600>www.Sermons.com</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">.</SPAN></DIV>
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